Erik Scott’s latest album, A Trick of the Wind, is
nominated for honors by multiple organizations including the Peace Song Awards,
One World Music Awards, and including Album of the Year and Best Contemporary
Instrumental Album by the Zone Music Reporter Global Airplay Charts. The ZMR
winners will be announced on Saturday, May 18 2019, 6:30 p.m. at the 15th
Annual ZMR Awards Concert at The House of Blues New Orleans presented by
Cricket Wireless.

San Francisco, CA (March 10, 2019) — A Trick of the Wind is
blowing across the globe, attracting multiple award nominations from
organizations in Los Angeles, New Orleans, and the U.K. for Erik Scott and his
fifth original album A Trick of the Wind. It is nominated for both Album of the
Year and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album by Zone Music Reporter Global
Airplay Charts; Scott will join the best and brightest artists in the world’s
ambient, electronic, and contemporary instrumental musicians gathering for the 15th
Annual ZMR Awards Concert, a public live music event to be held May 18th,
2019 at 6:30 p.m. at The House of Blues, located in the French Quarter
(225 Decatur St., New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, tel: 504-310-4999). Tickets may
be purchased online at House of
Blues, or at the door in limited quantity.

Scott responded to the nominations, saying “I keep wanting
more from music. A heightened sense of beauty, a nuanced artistic performance
that inspires… certainly feeling, maybe even action. Coming from the late
‘60s, we expressed everything with music. Harder to do without lyrical
signposts, but wonderful when it happens. I think I feel the appreciation, like
these nominations, more as well.”

The nominations are plentiful. The album is also
nominated for a Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Award by One World Music
Radio, which announces its OWM Award winners June
9, 2019. Additionally, several singles off the album are nominated by the Peace Song Awardsfor “Best Song” in categories including Rock-Pop, Jazz, Acoustic
Contemporary, World, and New Age, which speaks to the genre-defying uniqueness
of Scott’s music.

To qualify for a ZMR Award,
one must have a top-charting album on the Zone Music Charts in the span
of a year, and the qualifying albums are then voted on by global radio
broadcasters. The event, in New Orleans each May following JazzFest, has become
an annual destination weekend for many ambient, electronic and acoustic music
lovers and artists. The Awards show is preceded by a Friday night Meet-and-Greet dinner in
an old-world French Quarter setting at The Vacherie on Friday, May 17th, 2019.
Details on the weekend’s events, tickets, award nominees and
presenters can be found at Zone
Music Reporter.

Renée Blanche, the host
of “Night Tides” on KCUR, will once again be the Zone Music
Awards’ Master of Ceremonies. The line-up of live performers covers many of the
musical styles that ZMR represents including Joseph Akins, Hans Christian,
Tom Eaton, Sangeeta Kaur, and Michael Kollwitz.

In 2017, Erik
Scott won ZMR Awards for Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Instrumental
Album. In The Company of Clouds also reached #1 on the ZMR Global Airplay Chart
twice and hit the pole position on the nationally syndicated radio show ECHOES.

New York, NY February 13, 2018 – Music Resource Group (MRG) announced Erik Scott as one of the “Best Producer” Nominees in the 16th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMAs), for his album In The Company of Clouds. Culled from thousands of submissions worldwide, the nominees were chosen by both fans and industry panelists. The year’s best self-released and indie label projects will be announced Saturday March 31, 2018; Scott plans to attend the event at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Read the full story on MI2N.

Michael Diamond, who is major talent in the New Age / Contemporary Instrumental / Ambient world, with his own work in this year’s Grammy race (check his site for music and videos) wrote a very nice review of Spirits in his publication ‘Music and Media Focus‘.

Living up to its transcendent title, acclaimed bassist, composer and producer Erik Scott’s IN THE COMPANY OF CLOUDS rose above the competition to win both Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album honors at last weekend’s 2016 Zone Music Awards. Full story on BassPlayer.com

Celebrating a double win, IN THE COMPANY OF CLOUDS was voted Album of The Year, and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for the Year 2016 at the Zone Music Reporter’s Annual Award Show in New Orleans on May 13, 2017. Erik said “Thanks to all the show producers and DJs in the Network who participate, and who spread the love for all the artists in this genre. I want to thank Ed and Stacey Bonk of LAZZ Promotions, whose help, guidance, patience and expertise in this genre made it possible to win the Awards, and remain at #1 for two months.”